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Open Source Internet-TV
Independent video producers in search of a new means to deliver their content online have a new friend in the nonprofit world, thanks to open-source software released today by The Participatory Culture Foundation.
Debate Seeks to Define Open Source Creativity
Creative Commons, a movement and licensure protocol within the Open Source community, grants software writers the right to determine how and when their free code will be used, and this is stirring controversy.
EU Rep Blasts U.S. Open Source Schemas
U.S. companies are chilling the spirit of the open source movement by directing it through subsidization, a senior representative of the European Commission’s technology infrastructure said.
Software Vendors Propose Commercial Open Source License
Computer Associates is proposing an alternative to the General Public License that will allow for warranties and selective release of code, possibly giving adult webmasters running open source-based platforms like Linux a stabler operating environment with more choices.
Open Source Developer Under Fire Over Tactic
Matt Mullenweg, creator of popular blogging software WordPress, has come under fire by open source adherents for hoodwinking search engines like Google to increase page rank, thus making its homepage more attractive to advertisers.
EFF: Grokster Loss Could Cripple Open Source
An unfavorable outcome in the Grokster file-sharing case could have disastrous repercussions for developers using free and open software platforms, the legal director of the Electronic Freedom Foundation said.
Open Source Apps to Get a Performance Boost
The April upgrade of open-source development tool GCC may help to boost the performance of many widely used applications such as Linux, Firefox, OpenOffice.org and Apache by allowing for a more sophisticated translation of commands written in high-level languages, industry experts predict.
Security Flaws Found in Popular Open Source Projects
Security holes in two popular open source projects phpMyAdmin and phpBB could put users at risk of cross-site scripting attacks and information theft, researchers warned. The most serious threat comes from the possibility of arbitrary program execution. Both projects have released updated versions that fix the flaws.
Go Daddy Offers Free SSL Certificates for Open Source
Domain registrar Go Daddy announced today that it will issue its Turbo SSL Certificate free of charge to the open source community. Go Daddy certificates, normally priced at $29.95 for a one-year subscription, provide 99 percent browser recognition and 128-bit encryption.
Open Source Writers to Get Free Legal Help
Open Source Development Labs is providing more than $4 million in seed funding to set up a nonprofit legal center to aid open-source developers. The Software Freedom Law Center will provide free legal advice to code writers to help them avoid legal challenges and disputes.
Company Allowed to Copy Vendor’s Embedded Source Code
A federal court has ruled that a company can copy its own source code to extract its data that is embedded in a licensor’s custom software. The U.S. District Court held that several “fair use" factors set out in the federal Copyright Act support the conclusion.
Website Slapped for Repeat Source Code Theft
A federal appeals court has ruled that a district court was within its discretion to grant a permanent injunction and sanctions against a website company that hacked into a competitor’s server to gain trade secrets and access customer lists.
Microsoft Opens Its Source Code Books
Known for being customarily selfish about sharing some of the gold that Microsoft Corp. has profited billions from, the software maker has decided to expand its shared source code program with the domestic and international developer community.
Online Source Code Shop Shuttered
The website that attempted to sell web surfers source code for two popular computer programs has shuttered its doors, the site's operators announced this week.
FBI Investigates Stolen Source Code
After reporting yesterday that a portion of its core software code had shown up on the Internet, Cisco Systems Inc., the maker of some of the core elements that direct computer traffic over the Internet, is now investigating whether the code was stolen.
Bookmarkers: The Overlooked Revenue Source
There is no more valuable a commodity to webmasters than traffic. Regardless of how much a website has to offer, entire domains are rendered totally useless by a lack of sufficient visitors. It's no wonder, then, that webmasters spend so much time working to drive surfers to their sites. So oft overlooked in the ongoing struggle for traffic is the Web's underappreciated traffic asset: the bookmarker.
Kazaa Source Code In Question
Kazaa, the file-sharing network software owned by parent company Sharman Networks, is up to its neck in litigation, and now from a man who claims to be the original author of Kazaa's source code.
SAMMY4U.COM GAINS RESPECT FROM MAINSTREAM NEWS SOURCE
Sammy4u.com is gaining mainstream recognition in an article in today's USA Today.